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At the beginning of each year, many people promise to revamp their health and fitness routine, often starting with a new diet of fresh fruits and veggies.
Once again, New York City was ranked no.
1 for fresh food access since 75 percent of New Yorkers live no more than five minutes away from a grocery store or year-round farmers market.
“Many in the community didn’t have transportation or were elderly.
Neighbors organized carpools just to make sure people had access to food.
In each city, only six percent of residents can walk to a grocery store or year-round farmers market within five minutes.
Oklahoma City-based Redfin agent Linda Huynh said the city’s large land size is partially to blame for the low food-access score.
About the study To calculate the percentage of city residents with access to healthy food, Redfin used Walk Score data to analyze 48 cities.
Redfin calculated millions of walking routes for this ranking with our Travel Time API to determine how many grocery stores are within a five-minute walk for residents.
Los Angeles and San Francisco were excluded from this report because of unreliable data.

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